Adj. | 1. | wide - having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" Synonyms: broad Antonyms: narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" |
2. | wide - broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, panoptic, broad | |
3. | wide - (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes" Synonyms: round-eyed, wide-eyed | |
4. | wide - very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" | |
5. | wide - great in degree; "won by a wide margin" Antonyms: narrow - very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" | |
6. | wide - great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection" | |
7. | wide - having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" | |
8. | wide - not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" Synonyms: wide of the mark | |
Adv. | 1. | wide - with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end" |
2. | wide - to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open" | |
3. | wide - far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" Synonyms: astray | |
4. | wide - to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely" Synonyms: widely |